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Chinese President Xi To Call Ukraine’s Zelenskiy After Russia Visit Next Week

Bloomberg: Xi to Call Ukraine’s Zelenskiy After Russia Visit Next Week 

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy plan to speak by video link in what would be their first conversation since Russia’s invasion, a Ukrainian official familiar with the preparations said. 

No date has yet been set for the conversation, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss matters that aren’t yet public. 

There was no immediate comment from Zelenskiy’s press office. The session would come after a visit by Xi to Moscow expected next week, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.  

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Update #1: China's Xi to speak with Ukraine's Zelenskiy -WSJ (Reuters)  

Update #2: WSJ: China's Xi Jinping to speak to Zelensky after his Moscow visit (Kyiv Independent)  

WNU Editor: If I was advising Ukrainian President Zelensky, I would tell him to seriously consider President Xi's pathway for peace to end this war (link to China's 12-point plan is here). You are not going to get a better deal from anyone else.



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